April 5, 2009

Kalamazoo is hosting it's first ever Pickleball Tournament May 29-30, 2009 at the Kalamazoo YMCA. This is a doubles - only tournament for Men's, Women's and Mixed doubles with two age groupings: "open" for age 21++ and "Senior" for age 50+.

The tournament committee is seeking volunteers to help with running the round-robin event, including hospitality, scoring, referee duty, set-up and tear-down. There will be two training sessions for referees and many opportunities to practice, since there are regular Pickleball sessions 7 days/week in Kalamazoo/Portage.

All volunteers are welcome. Players are expected from all over the state of Michigan.

On Friday the 29th there will be a clinic presented by Lewis Forest of Rochester MI plus open play from 6-9:30pm. The clinic is free to entrants and $10 to the general public.

The tournament begins at 8am Saturday May 30th, but volunteers will report at 7am.

Also, please note that we are honored to have the Spicy Pickle Restaurant as a sponsor for this event. Recognition awards is also a sponsor and is donating Award Plaques. Sponsors are needed for water & refreshments.

Michigan grown berries, cherries, peaches, apples, and pickleball. Yes! Michigan is 'growing' PICKLEBALL! Everyday in Michigan pickleball players hear the "PoP!" of the pickleball on their paddles and say, "one more game...just for the fun of it!"